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vsalma Patented Sept.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE D. ElGlIMIE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 589,778, datedSeptember '7, 1897.

Application filed March 22, 1897. Serial No. 628,678. (No model.) l

To all whom, it may concer/z,.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE D. EIGHMIE, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in'Shirts, of whichthe following is a specication, refer ence being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improvement in shirts, having specically forits object the production of improved facings for the back and sleeveopenings, the facings being made of a single strip of suitable materialsecured to the shirt-body in such manner as to reduce the liability ofripping the facings therefrom.

The invention will first be described in connection with theaccompanying drawings and then pointed out in the claim.

Figure l of the drawings is a perspective View of so much of a sleeve asis necessary to show the application of a facing thereto. Fig. 2 is asimilar view of the back of a shirtbody. Fig. 3 is a plan view of thestrip cut to forni the facing. Fig. e is a perspective view illustratingthe advantage gained by niyimproved manner of securing the facings so asto withstand necessary strain.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the single strip of suitablematerial cut to form the facing, the strip being wider at the inner end`than at the out-er end. One half ofthe inner end is cut on a curve, asat l, the other half being somewhat extended in the forni of an acuteangle, as at 2, to afford space for stitching and give the necessaryfinish.`

The facing is secured to theshirtfbody, as sleeve B or back C, in thefollowing rnanner: The facing-blank A is folded longitudinally and itsedges secured to one edge of the back or sleeve openings by alongitudinal row of stitching 3, thus securing the whole together, varow of stitching e, extending parallel with the acute-angled end 2,further securing the end of the facing.

Heretofore to secure the meeting edges of the opening in the back orsleeve and the facing together one or more rows of stitching extendingstraight across the facing had been employed. The disadvantage of thismanner of securing the facing at this point is at once apparent, as allthe strain when separating the meeting edges of the back or sleeveopening is necessarily brought upon asingle stitch. l entirely removethis objection by securing vthe facing at this point by one or more rowsof stitching 5, curving upward from the ends toward the center. By thisconstruction the strain incident to the separation ofthe meeting edgesof the back or sleeve opening is sustained by a number of stitches, asclearly shown in Fig. 4. Having thus described lny invention, what lclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A shirt having a placket reinforced by a facing secured to one edge ofthe placket by a longitudinal row of stitching, the lower end of thefacing being secured to both edges of the placket by one or moreupwardly-curved rows of stitching, said curved stitching being locatedin close proximity to the lower end or crotch of the placket, wherebythe strain incident to the separation of the edges of the placket issustained by a number of stitches in said upwardly-curved Vrow or rows.

In testimony whereof l affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE D. EIGHMIE.

Witnesses: Y

WM. HUNTER MYERS, DAVID W. GoULD.

